Planting attachment.



'To all u' iom- 'it may concern:

UNiTED Pilger-rr oniroii1p-4 LEWIS E.

PLANTING ATTACHMENT.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application led January 7, 1908. Seri-:il No. 4Q9,690.

Be it Known that I, Lewis IG. WATERMAN, a oitizei of thefU'nited States, residing at Roelrfoi d, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planting .Attnchniei ts, of which the following is e. speci.- licnlzion. Y

The fbjeet of this invention is to Support n planting attachment -with relation to the front furrow wheel of e plow, so that the relntioi between. the wheel and planting sittaolune'it will always remain vthe saine during the onstering'movements oit' the plow.

In the' accompanying drawings Fifvrure l is o pirspeetive View of the front .urrorY wheel oi a. plow and my improved planting zitlnolrnent in oonnettion therewith, and in which the freine lowered. Fig. 2 is a. pere'iieet-ive View of the furrow wheel Sup port, in which the l'riune is elevated.

Ii the drn-wingv I have not deemed it necry, to show the roin''ilete plow, as suoli oonstruotion is well known. The forward enr? of the -from@ of the plow is intended to eminent with the bracket l. having the ver tic; l tubular section i ont furrow wheel 3 loosely mounted on "o: support el so :is to turn independent of ille sui'iport. This support is located in the tubular '\et.ion 2 of the bracket. 1.

rl'l the huh 5 of the furrow wheel is; 'ixedly com eeted :i 'toothed wheel 6 which is proteen l by :i easing 7. To the casingr 7 iS oonneeh :l n. bearing 8,1ind e bracket 9.- The 'nrnei et hns u connection with the smid-cap U) est .':uiedI around the huh of the furrow wheo To he upper end of, the furrow 'wheel sup-- port 1i is oiemped n. bracket l1 which has u, ("ootl'iel Segment 'l2 eoi'iieeted to il. A hand lin/ef' l 'l has n pi'iotal connection Vwith the ed Segment .l2 und i5; in'oviiled with l i'iuii'nb-lover 14. :ind dog l5 for en gnig'mnei twith yhe toothed segment. ,.f--i spring' has one end connected to the haml lever l-l 'nu' its ollier end to a. projo-intimi 1I exti-incliinr from t`1e bracket '11.. The hitnil lover lil .l :is an extension I8 inrojecl'ingg beyoud its [,ivotnl point, sind, to the free vnd of which nre piv-)ted two links lli, and the free ends Lf their: links sire pivotzilly Conuoelled .".o tl e upper portion of the tubulin'4 .section Si of 4he bracket Li Ply ineens of tl .e hand-lever the bracket I is moved along the furrow wheelsupport. il: and een be held in its adjusted position by locking' the hand-lever in Connection with 'the toothed fseginent l2. ,AS the forward portion of the frame of the plow `connected to the brin-liet 'l it will be raised. and lowered.

To the upper end of the furrow wheel support l is ilxedly connected :i lever .20 by which the 'furrow wheel may be turned in turning the plow :it 'i'orners of the field.

From tl bracket; lit extends an arm 21 to which connected n. bar 2'2, and thfe' lower end of this her connected to the brlicket 9.

To the bar n@ is connected a support 23 orthe seed boi: and zilsso for the seed dropping mechanism whioh. is operated. by the gein' wheel From the seed box Sup. port. extei'nls-I a dieohorge spout 26, its lower vend heir-.g located inl rear of the furrow. 'wheel 3 and close thereto.

A shaft 27 is Supported. in the bez'irng 8 and the Sed box support und the upper end. of which has the gear wheel loosely mounted thereon. To the lower end of the shaft 2li i.: ure-d beveled toothed inio'n 28, wllieli nu conne ,ed to the vhuh of the furrow wheel. The hub of the toothed wheel depends through ilie support for the wheel and is in clutch form.

To the sho.' section :39 v the clutch one end r to the Shaft llo the bor 1 Z pivoter] :i forli' 33 which reste :ign 't i'he clutch i' A4 lever 34k hns-i1. pi. il ronneetion u ith the upper end ol (he imi' :1nd a. rod 5 .forme u connection between ilu,- lever 344 and fork 33.

llwv .means nl the lever 554 the fork 33 can be moved lo operate the olutoli Section .29 to bold the. oliiiixh ewjtimi tree of the clutch 'face in order flint rlnfeeml dropping mechanism will renmin `:\-fip -.r:i!;i\'e, or pern'iit'lihe Spring 'l to more ini-f l-liiirh mention into engagenivni. with the eiulob ,Fare 'thereby forming a mniiemlion iwi worn ille lmft und .seed dropping inotiluuiieon.

ln um the Hoed. dropping mechanism is operated by the rotzitions of the. furrow wheel rotating the shall'. 27 and it in turn moving' 'theA Seed dropping* mechanism.

As the Seed dropping' mechanism, seed discharge spout und driving mechnnii-sinare supi`v Slidobly connected e. clutch- 1 is liuild in ei'igiigement with e El() by the siliring 31 havin n' t u collar 3'2 Secure er with the. toothed-w el 6 A ported by the furrow Wheel and its support, port capable of a eastering movement in its any castering movement of the furrow wheel connection with the main frame, a seed-box, will carry these parts with it, so that their seeddropping mechanism and vseed disrelations always remain the same, and arge spout supported by the furrow-wheel 40 positive driving connection is formed besupport, a shaft for rotating the seed-drop` tween the furrow wheel and the seed dropping mechanism, and a gear connection beping mechanism by the shaft 27. tween the shaft and furrow-wheely locatin Y the shaft 27 centrally over the 5, A planting attachment for plows, comhub of the furrow-Wheel, the construction is prisng a furroW-wl'ieel, a furrow-wl'icel snp- 45 i0 made more compact, and is removed from port capable of a easteril'lg movement in its interference with the earth thrown up by the connection with the main frame, a seed-box, plow. seed dropping mechanism and seed dis- I claim as my inventioncharge spout supported by the furrow-Wheel l. Aplanting attachment for plows, comsupport, a shaft for rotating the seed-drop- 50 prising a furrow-wheel capable of a casterping n'iechanisln, and a gear connection being movement in its connection with the tween the shaft and furrow-wheel, the shaft main frame, a seed-box, and a seed-dropping located centrally over the hub of the furrowmechanism supported to move with the furwheel. row wheel. (S. A planting attachment for plows, com- 55 2. A planting attachment for plows, comprising a furrow wheel, a furrow wheel supprising a furrow-wheel capable of a casterport capable of a castering movement in its ing movement in its connection with the connection with the main frame, a secd-box, main frame, a seed-box, seed-dropping mechseed dropping mechanism and seed spout anism and a seed-discharge spout supported supported by the furrow wheel support, a 6c to move with the furrow-Wheel.. shaft for rotating the seed dropping mech- 3. A planting attachment for plows, comanism, a clutch connection between the shaft prising'a furrow-Wheel, a furrow-Wheel supand seed dropping mechanismfand a gear port capable of a castering movement in its connection between the shaft and furrowconnection with the main frame, a bar sup- `wheel. orted b the furrow-Wheel support7 a seed- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ox, see -dropping mechanism and seed-dismy hand in presence of two subscribing witcharge spout supported by the bar, land a nesses.

drlvmg connection between the seeddrop- LEWIS E. WATERMAN. ping mechanism and furrow-wheel. Witnesses: 4. A planting attachment for plows, com- A. O. BEHEL,

prising a furrowwhee1, a furrow-wheel sup- E. D. E. N. BEHEL. 

